TOKYO, July 23 (Reuters) - Japan's Ministry of Agriculture sought to buy 114,242 tonnes of food-quality wheat from the United States in a regular tender that will close late Thursday.
Japan, the world's sixth-biggest wheat importer, keeps a tight grip on imports of the country's second-most important staple after rice, and buys majority of the grain for milling via tenders typically issued thrice a month.
Details are as follows (in tonnes): COUNTRY
TYPE
QUANTITY
U.S.
Western White
12,532
* U.S.
Hard Red Winter(Semi Hard)
20,660
* U.S.
Western White
23,195
* U.S.
Hard Red Winter(Semi Hard)
23,200
* U.S.
Dark Northern Spring(protein minimum 14.0 pct)
34,655
*
Shipments:
* Loading between Sept. 1 and Sept. 30
Source: Ministry of Agriculture